Writing and Editing

BENNETT FRANKLIN HOLLEMAN

Winston-Salem, NC ***** • 336-***-**** •********@*****.***

bennettholleman.com

blog.nutrametrix.com

http://benfrankhblog.wordpress.com/

EDUCATION

Associate of Science: Web Development, 2011-2012 ECPI University

Master of Arts: Writing and Editing, 1999-2002 University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Bachelor of Arts: English, 1996-1998 University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Two Year Arts Program, 1994-1996 Forsyth Technical Community College

SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE

Adobe Acrobat Microsoft Publisher HTML5

Adobe PageMaker Microsoft Visio JavaScript

Adobe Photoshop Microsoft Visual Studio MySQL

Microsoft Access Microsoft Word News Edit Pro

Microsoft Excel C/C++ Oracle

EXPERIENCE

Marketing Intern: Market America, 2012-2013 Greensboro, NC

• Created marketing copy for various projects

• Wrote health and nutrition blogs for vitamin supplement marketing

• Performed research for best practices utilizing online marketing strategies

Retail Associate: Rugged Wearhouse, Incorporated, 2011-2012 Clemmons, NC

• Tracked sales utilizing computer database

• Processed retail items for purchase

• Assisted customers on sales floor

Inventory Productivity Associate: Borders Books and Music, 2006-2011 Winston-Salem, NC

• Responsible for maintaining efficient flow of merchandise from delivery dock to sales floor

• Received and processed hundreds of book and multimedia units weekly

• Collected and scanned out unsold product for return to distributor

Staff Reporter: Kernersville News, 2005 Kernersville, NC

• Collected and reported news events for an 8,000+ circulation tri-weekly publication

• Retrieved and documented crime reports for Kernersville area

• Placed copy on news pages using Adobe PageMaker

• Pasted up copy for printing

• Edited fellow reporters’ news stories

Reporter and Editor: Laurinburg Exchange Newspaper, 2002-2005 Laurinburg, NC

• Researched and reported an average of two daily news stories for 8,000+ circulation five day publication

• Wrote in-depth feature stories using News Edit Pro

• Reported traffic accidents and fires

• Took photographs to accompany stories

School News Editor

• Covered school events, regularly wrote stories and took pictures at 18 local schools

• Composed and performed layout of school stories and photographs using Quark and Adobe Photoshop

Entertainment Editor

• Performed layout of AP entertainment stories and photographs using Quark and Adobe Photoshop

Web Page Editor

• Uploaded online publication each morning using Adobe Acrobat

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